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Baker talks about the future of the Central Penn Knights sports programs

By Paul Miller

Knightly News Co-Adviser

With the term coming to a close, the Knightly News Podcast releases Episode #29, our final podcast for the spring term.

In this episode, we feature Athletic Director Dave Baker and a return segment from former Senior Deputy Attorney General of Pennsylvania Jon Butchar.

In our opening segment, Baker discusses several initiatives for the Central Penn Knights sports program, including the new track and field team that starts in January 2018, the potential of a new sports complex, and a recap of the Central Penn Knights Men’s Baseball team and their run to the Small College World Series.

The podcast is also joined by Knightly News Vice President Yuliani Sutedjo, a manager for the Lady Knights Basketball team, to offer her perspective on life as a student athlete.

Baker is currently recruiting for the new track and field team. If you are interested in further information, reach out to him at davebaker@centralpenn.edu.

In segment two, former Senior Deputy Attorney General Jon Butchar joins the podcast to discuss some very important international issues.

During this discussion, Butchar gives an overview into our history with North Korea and offers a clearer picture as to why there is hostility between North Korea and the United States.

The Knightly News would like to thank the supporters of our podcast, as we’ve had the highest listener rate in the history of the podcast during the spring 2017 term.

Discussion centers around their successful season and previews the USCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament

By Paul Miller, co-advisor of the Knightly News

The Knightly News Media Club at Central Penn College has recorded their second ever podcast, this time with Central Penn College Men’s Basketball Coach Dave Baker.

This podcast features Norman Geary, student reporter for the Knightly News, Paul Miller, co-advisor of the Knightly News, and Baker.

During the podcast, Miller and Geary discuss with Baker many subjects, including the benefits of the Knights six Division I games, the seeding of the team in the tournament, and how this season has unfolded, all leading to a #2 seed in the USCAA tournament held this week.

As a reminder, be sure to stop by the Underground this Thursday, March 3, at 2 p.m. for a special showing of the Knights first round tilt against the winner of Penn State Fayette and Central Maine Community College.

If you aren’t on campus, you can visit http://uscaabasketball.prestosports.com/ to watch the games live, or follow @GoCPCKnights or @CPCKnightlyNews for updates.

The Central Penn College men’s soccer team will be closing the season with two home games this month – one on Sunday at 2 p.m. against Berkeley College of New Jersey and one on Oct. 24 at 5 p.m. against Williamson Trade.

Sunday’s game will be played on the East Pennsboro Middle School soccer fields. The Oct. 24 game, part of Central Penn’s homecoming and the team’s final conference game of the season, will be played on Central Penn’s home field, at East Pennsboro High School.

Head Coach Tom Birch says the team is especially looking forward to the homecoming match, saying it offers, “Nothing to lose, everything to gain.”

The Knights are in only their second season of existence and regardless of what they do in the final two games, they have already raised the bar from last season.

The very existence of the team finalized abruptly in 2014, which gave the coaching staff little time to recruit and train players from the school. However, the team has seen significant improvements in its sophomore year, scoring 16 more goals to date than last year.

This year, the team has scored two victories – a 9-0 match against Mid-Atlantic Christian University, which forfeited its second game with Central Penn. The team won no games during its first season.

More goals and one on-field win are likely direct results of the practice and workout sessions Birch and Assistant Coach Andrew Welker hold for their scholar athletes. The team begins to practice in late spring, and eases into more physically demanding sessions as the days grow warmer. Mandatory practices then begin one month prior to the team’s first game.

When asked to describe a typical practice, both coaches and players agreed: The practices are challenging and just like games.

“Intense. We work hard,” says team co-captain John “Jt” Lumbard when asked about the way practices normally run.

Birch and Welker look to train the players with the fundamentals they need to continuously improve individual athletes’ skills and the quality of the men’s soccer program as a whole. Their coaching style is to run practices hard so the men are ready and in shape for games.